Table of Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
List of contributors x
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction: Rural youth and societies within post-socialist and transitional contexts 1
ANNIE MASELLI, KAI A. SCHAFFT, SANJA STANIĆ AND RENATA HORVATEK
1 Leaving the Croatian countryside: local context and rural youth aspirations 19
SANJA STANIĆ AND KAI A. SCHAFFT
2 Uneven demographic development within Croatia, 1950s–present: implications for rural quality of life and youth out-migration 37
SANJA KLEMPIĆ BOGADI AND SONJA PODGORELEC
3 Rural youth and school-based political socialization: the case of Croatia 53
RENATA HORVATEK
4 Sociocultural capital among rural youth in Croatia 74
MARIJA LONČAR, ZORANA ŠULJUG VUČICA, AND GORANA BANDALOVIĆ
5 Coming of age in the Czech countryside: life and educational transition contexts for rural youth 90
DOMINIK DVOŘÁK, SILVIE R. KUČEROVÁ, JAROSLAVA SIMONOVÁ, PETR MEYER, ZDENĚK KUČERA, AND JAN ŠMÍD
6 The contradictions of education in Russia: resilient and struggling schools in the context of rural depopulation and decline 115
ROMAN ZVYAGINTSEV, MARINA PINSKAYA, DAVID KONSTANTINOVSKIY, AND SERGEY KOSARETSKY
7 The case of Serbia: the orientations of rural young adults towards education, work, and emigration 137
DUŠAN MOJIĆ, IRENA PETROVIĆ, AND VERA BACKOVIĆ
8 Diverse migration processes of rural youth and young adults in Hungary 157
TIBOR FARKAS, EMESE BRUDER, DÓRA KOLTA, AND ILONA GERENCSÉR
9 Roma youth and on-the-ground implementation of Roma education policies in rural Romania 176
CODRINA CSESZNEK AND KAI A. SCHAFFT
10 Vietnamese youth, schools, and communities in transition: a decade after the administrative boundary extension of Hanoi 195
CHI NGUYEN
Conclusion: Rural people and places in transitional societies: leaning into an uncertain future 216
SANJA STANIĆ, RENATA HORVATEK, KAI A. SCHAFFT, AND ANNIE MASELLI
Index 231